Date:         Wed, 11 Sep 2002 21:50:03 -0700
Reply-To:     Aristotle Sagan <killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Aristotle Sagan <killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Comments on Splittie
Comments: To: wilden1@JUNO.COM
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Ah yes, reminds me of a day on the river, on the west side of Philly... The
owner of the bus (a 66 or so) was trashed from one or six too many beers....
His wife (both very dear friends of mine) asked me to drive the bus home
from the end of the tube.

Now Eastern PA roads are very narrow and have very high crowns... Here I am
driving my first Splittie (and last, come to think of it) with about 120
degrees of slop in the steering, down roads I don't know with this extremely
high crown and trucks coming the other way on a 12 foot wide pavement.

I was glad I only had three beers that day.... (youth you know).


tim in san jose




>From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
>Reply-To: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Comments on Splittie
>Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 20:56:28 -0500
>
>After driving this 66 Splittie for about thirty miles these are my
>comments:
>Definitely the Tin Can of transportation.
>That steering wheel is what got the Ape Hanger handle bar craze started.
>With engine rpms that high I can see why they had 40,000 mile engines
>(worse than Yugo) even worse than that Ford Festiva of the early 90s.
>Now I know why Bay and Splittie folks are always looking for sound
>proofing.
>Did these things come with four wheel brakes?
>It takes a brave soul to get on the road in an Old Splittie.
>I thought crank up windows would be a nice option.
>How much are these things worth?
>Engine runs great ........... must have a Porsche engine.
>
>Stan Wilder
>
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